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| 04-22-2011, 10:48 AM | #1 |
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BMWNA M Manager: No Plans for Lightweight E90 M3 Sedan in US At This Time
 BIMMERPOST NEWSBMWNA M Manager: No Plans for Lightweight E90 M3 Sedan in US At This Time In our interview (full interview here) with Matt Russell, M Brand and Alpina Manager for the US, at the 2011 NYIAS, we asked about the likelihood of the US market receiving the upcoming lightweight M3 sedan (info/pics). The unfortunate news is that there are currently no plans to bring the lightweight M3 sedan to the US market. Matt cites the reason as there being not much time left to build the E90 M3 sedan and the always difficult homologation issue (couldn't certify for US). As with certain prior special edition M3s (such as the E46 M3 CSL and E92 M3 GTS Coupe) and even certain performance parts (such as the BMW Performance seats), it's at times difficult to get things federalized for sale in the U.S. Having said that, however, Matt continues by saying that BMW always takes a look at the componentry that they offer on some of these special editions like the GTS and the upcoming lightweight sedan, and tries to see if there's anything that can be used or made to fit here in the states that would be easier to homologate.
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Yet china can ship us all the cheap untested crap they want.... I hate this so called "fair trade".
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Honestly I don't care - because it is unaffordable to me and looks no different than a lightly modded M3. I prefer BMW to save its unwise financial decisions for other projects.
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Surprise surprise. I'd like to get my hands on that new front splitter whenever they release it.
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 Okay I didn't want a sedan. Bring the coupe. I can only hope that this is all about semantics and the coupe will come later............but at this point there is almost zero hope.  |
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U.S. Regulations = FAIL. Cheers, e46e92
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Not surprising at all.
E30 M3 Evo - Nope Real E36 M3 ('95) - Nope E46 M3 CSL - Nope E92 M3 GTS - Nope E90 M3 lightweight - Nope Notice a pattern.....
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Sorry - but I could care less. It doesn't look that great, will not perform much better than a stock E92 ZCP and would probably cost north of $80K anyway (a la frozen grey coupe).
Big deal. 
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I may have missed this from another thread, but what are the actual performance numbers for this car? Could the weight savings be just as easily applied to E92?
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